Elderberries – a variety of late summer fruits
The undemanding black elder bush (lat. sambucus nigrabelonging to the honeysuckle family / Caprifoliaceae) finds the necessary conditions for its lush growth throughout Europe, mostly on forest edges near human habitation, even on the poorest soils. The elderberry’s blossoms are beautiful at the end of May and beginning of June, and its fruit cones are […]
Summertime is elderberry time
When we are out and about in early summer, we come across elderberries everywhere. It grows wild in hedges and forests in a white blaze of flowers or adorns our gardens. Numerous myths and legends surround the sprawling shrub. The cradle and cross of Jesus Christ are said to have been made of elder wood, […]
